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Admiralty Islands
This checklist includes all bird species found in Admiralty Islands , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2025. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Admiralty Islands [map]
Other names: Manus Islands
Description: includes Manus
Number of endemics: 6
Number of globally threatened species: 10
Number of introduced species: 3
Last modified: 2026-02-17
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| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Gray Teal | Anas gracilis | |
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| Dusky Megapode | Megapodius freycinet | |
| Melanesian Megapode | Megapodius eremita | |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia amboinensis | |
| Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia mackinlayi | |
| Pied Cuckoo-Dove | Reinwardtoena browni | Near-threatened |
| Stephan's Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | |
| Bronze Ground Dove | Pampusana beccarii | |
| White-bibbed Ground Dove | Pampusana jobiensis | |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | Near-threatened |
| Superb Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
| White-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus rivoli | |
| Yellow-bibbed Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus solomonensis | |
| Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus viridis | |
| Beautiful Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus pulchellus | |
| Pacific Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | |
| Island Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pistrinaria | |
| Pinon's Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pinon | |
| Pied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
| Yellowish Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula subflavescens | Near-threatened |
| Torresian Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula spilorrhoa | |
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| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | |
| Sahul Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| Manus Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis blandus | Endemic |
| Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
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| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Satin Swiftlet | Collocalia uropygialis | |
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | |
| Mayr's Swiftlet | Aerodramus orientalis | Data deficient |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
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| Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | |
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| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| Pale-vented Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
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| Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | Near-threatened |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | Endangered |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
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| Australian Pratincole | Glareola isabella | |
| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-billed White-Tern | Gygis candida | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Gray-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Australian Tern | Gelochelidon macrotarsa | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | |
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| Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Vulnerable |
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| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | Rare/Accidental |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | Rare/Accidental |
| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | Vulnerable |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Rare/Accidental |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Near-threatened |
| Beck's Petrel | Pseudobulweria becki | Critically endangered |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Near-threatened |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
| Heinroth's Shearwater | Puffinus heinrothi | Vulnerable |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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| Black Bittern | Botaurus flavicollis | |
| Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis | |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | |
| Eastern Cattle-Egret | Ardea coromanda | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Plumed Egret | Ardea plumifera | Rare/Accidental |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
| Gray Goshawk | Tachyspiza novaehollandiae | |
| Variable Goshawk | Tachyspiza hiogaster | |
| Meyer's Goshawk | Astur meyerianus | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | |
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| Australian Masked-Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | |
| Manus Masked-Owl | Tyto manusi | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Rufous Owl | Ninox rufa | |
| Manus Boobook | Ninox meeki | Endemic |
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| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus | |
| Manus Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx dispar | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| Beach Kingfisher | Todiramphus saurophagus | |
| Melanesian Kingfisher | Todiramphus tristrami | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Meek's Pygmy-Parrot | Micropsitta meeki | |
| Papuan Eclectus | Eclectus polychloros | |
| Red-flanked Lorikeet | Hypocharmosyna placentis | |
| Purple-bellied Lory | Lorius hypoinochrous | Endemic (country/region) |
| Coconut Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
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| Superb Pitta | Pitta superba | Endemic Endangered |
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| Bismarck Honeyeater | Vosea whitemanensis | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Papuan Black Myzomela | Myzomela nigrita | |
| Bismarck Black Myzomela | Myzomela pammelaena | |
| White-naped Friarbird | Philemon albitorques | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| Manus Cicadabird | Edolisoma admiralitatis | Endemic |
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| Bismarck Whistler | Pachycephala citreogaster | |
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| Northern Fantail | Rhipidura rufiventris | |
| Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
| Manus Fantail | Rhipidura semirubra | Endemic |
| Solomons Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufofronta | |
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| Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus | |
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| Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
| Manus Monarch | Symposiachrus infelix | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Solomons Monarch | Symposiachrus barbatus | |
| Spot-winged Monarch | Symposiachrus guttula | |
| Satin Flycatcher | Myiagra cyanoleuca | |
| Shining Flycatcher | Myiagra alecto | |
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| Bismarck Crow | Corvus insularis | |
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| Gray's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes fasciolatus | |
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| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo javanica | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
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| Japanese Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus xanthodryas | Rare/Accidental |
| Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | Rare/Accidental |
| Kamchatka Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus examinandus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-crowned White-eye | Zosterops atrifrons | |
| Black-headed White-eye | Zosterops hypoxanthus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Louisiade White-eye | Zosterops griseotinctus | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | |
| Atoll Starling | Aplonis feadensis | Near-threatened |
| Singing Starling | Aplonis cantoroides | |
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| Black Sunbird | Leptocoma aspasia | |
| Sahul Sunbird | Cinnyris frenatus | |
| Mamberamo Sunbird | Cinnyris idenburgi | |
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| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Introduced species |
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| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
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